Shaquille O'Neal talks LeBron James' Lakers legacy, why his new 76ers might be extremely 'dangerous'

In an unprecedented 24th play successful the NBA, LeBron James volition effort to marque adjacent much past with his caller 4th team.

James signed a two-year woody with the Philadelphia 76ers precocious past month, joining a squad with recently acquired Jaylen Brown, one-time MVP Joel Embiid and scoring instrumentality Tyrese Maxey to marque them a title contender successful the Eastern Conference.

No subordinate has ever won an NBA rubric with 4 abstracted teams (James is 1 of 4 players to triumph with three, on with John Salley, Robert Horry and Danny Green), but earlier James tries to bring 1 to Philly for the archetypal clip since 1983, his Los Angeles Lakers bequest is already a blistery topic.

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Shaquille O'Neal, wide manager of Team Shaq, and LeBron James precocious 5 earlier the 74th NBA All-Star Game astatine Chase Center successful San Francisco, California, connected Feb. 16, 2025. (Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images)

James helped the Lakers triumph the 2020 NBA rubric successful the Disney "bubble" for his 4th title, for each of which helium was named the Finals MVP. That is enough, Shaquille O'Neal says, to beryllium considered a Lakers great.

"He decidedly won a title determination and was a large crippled player, truthful he’s successful the building," O'Neal told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

But helium stopped abbreviated of putting him successful the "top floor."

"Top level belongs to Magic (Johnson), Kobe (Bryant), and Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar). I’m going to enactment Kareem," O'Neal continued. "The 2nd level is maine and those different guys.

LeBron James, center, poses with Adam Silver, near and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar aft becoming the all-time NBA scoring leader, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar astatine 38388 points during the 3rd 4th against the Oklahoma City Thunder astatine Crypto.com Arena connected Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 successful Los Angeles, CA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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"Kobe and Magic played determination longer than I did, and Magic was the archetypal feline to bring that 'set.' LeBron volition astir apt ever beryllium nether those guys, but that doesn't instrumentality distant from what he’s done successful the game."

While discussing the timeless James, O'Neal recalled his timeless memories of eating Lucky Charms, arsenic the self-dubbed cereal adept volition beryllium helping "the biggest cereal fan" triumph currency prizes, a hangout with the Big Diesel and much done General Mills' latest contest.

"I devour cereal due to the fact that it brings retired the kid successful me," the newest General Mills spouse said. "It’s what I similar to bash erstwhile I’m watching movies; past night, I was watching "Stranger Things Chapter 3," and it came connected truthful cleanable I had to intermission it and spell successful determination and get maine immoderate Lucky Charms, buddy. A large bowl, too. I came backmost in, turned my airy on, turned the AC down to marque it colder successful the room, and deed play; it conscionable made maine consciousness similar a kid due to the fact that I’ve ever been a Lucky Charms fan.

"Even though I’m 54, erstwhile I get location by myself and I’m watching a movie, I similar to instrumentality it backmost to erstwhile I was property 9 oregon 10 wherever ma and dada were sleeping. I’d spell downstairs, get a bully vessel of cereal, and I'd person to lavation the vessel earlier they got up truthful cipher knew I had my vessel of cereal... Teaming up with General Mills was a cleanable acceptable due to the fact that I’ve been eating these cereals forever."

The 1 happening astir James' determination to the City of Brotherly Love, however, is that determination is, successful fact, conscionable 1 basketball.

LeBron James speaks onstage during the caput the crippled sheet astatine Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 astatine Jacob Javits Center connected July 16, 2026 successful New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Fanatics) (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Fanatics)

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"If you look astatine that roster, it could beryllium a legendary oregon unsafe roster. The unsafe portion is I’m disquieted astir Maxey and Brown, due to the fact that Embiid is going to privation the ball, and LeBron loves having the ball. Brown and Maxey are some utilized to having the shot heavy into the changeable timepiece to get into their shot. With LeBron holding the shot and Embiid wanting it successful the post, them getting lone 2 oregon 3 seconds with the changeable timepiece is simply a antithetic game. I don't cognize if they are going to beryllium acceptable for that," O'Neal said.

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